Jan's column: tribute to Tinus Smits

de Jan Scholten

On April
the first, Tinus Smits passed away and it is a great loss for homeopathy. Tinus
has been promoting homeopathy for more than 20 years, with great endeavor and
persistency. He has helped to develop homeopathy in Nepal. He is a great homeopath.

Some
homeopaths question his contribution to homeopathy. He has developed his system
to overcome the negative effects of vaccinations and has had great success with
it, for instance in autism. Sometimes, one can hear that this technique is not
true homeopathy but isopathy. His results, however, were very good, even spectacular sometimes. So, he is a great homeopath.

Tinus
also used vitamins and minerals in his treatment. One can say that this is not
homeopathy but he used it as an addition to his homeopathic treatment. He was
very convinced that this addition would lead to better results. I think we can be grateful
for his experiences and his willingness to share them with us and for us to
see what we can learn from them and how we can apply his ideas in our own
practices. Many of his patients are very grateful for what he did for them and
their children. He is, indeed, a great homeopath.